Been a while....

I know...I'm a horrible blogger! With that being said, here we go...



Life has been good and busy (just how I like it!). In February I was able to help with "Formally Yours" Dress giveaway. For her senior project one of the girls at our church chose to give prom dresses away to girls who couldn't afford them. It was really neat to be a part of. I think she had 400 prom dresses (probably more...I just can't remember) donated and then had volunteers come and help in the dressing rooms. It was an awesome day and so happy I was able to be a part of it.



We (Mike and I) also went on the youth retreat over Valentine's weekend as chaperone's. I had so much fun and was probably the best Valentine's Day I had ever had. Mike did so much cooking he said he was done cooking anything for a while:) It was so nice to get to know the youth better and see them growing in Christ. It was the weekend it snowed and we had to stay at the church the first night which was fine with me. We had games in the snow and Mike and I played like little kids. Was so much fun! Mike took pictures of Rose outside in the snow...poor thing, she didn't know what to do.


in March I ran my second half marathon in Albany with my friends Starla and Heidi. Lalanya went as well and drove us back (God bless her).I beat my previous time by several minutes so that was good! Was also a surprise because it felt like a rough run for me. Now that I have 2 under my belt I feel confident as I start training for a full marathon in the fall or early winter...thinking the Outer Banks would be a GREAT place to run my first full:)



Softball practice has begun! yay! practices have been going well and season starts in a couple weeks.

Volunteering. I do feel that I volunteer a lot of my time but I have found myself getting in the trap of "doing" Christianity because that is what I'm "suppose" to do. There is nothing wrong with volunteering with youth, kids, cooking meals, etc. but I've really had to examine my motives. If I'm doing it out of a fear that I'm not doing enough, it's wrong! I have been more aware of my motives and God is helping me to work those out and it has been so much more effective and rewarding!

anyway, that's it for now:)